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Data and Dogma : The Great Indian Poverty Debate

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dc.contributor.authorDeaton, Angus
dc.contributor.authorKozel, Valerie
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-19T19:17:26Z
dc.date.available2013-12-19T19:17:26Z
dc.date.issued2005-09-01
dc.description.abstractWhat happened to poverty in India in the 1990s has been fiercely debated, both politically and statistically. The debate has run parallel to the wider debate about globalization and poverty in the 1990s and is also an important part of that debate. The economic reforms of the early 1990s in India were followed by rates of economic growth that were high by historical standards. The effects on poverty remain controversial, however. The official numbers published by the government of India, showing acceleration in the rate of poverty reduction from 36 percent of the population in 1993 to 1994 to 26 percent in 1999 to 2000, have been challenged for showing both too little and too much poverty reduction. The various claims have often been frankly political, but there are also many important statistical issues. The debate, reviewed in this article, provides an excellent example of how politics and statistics interact in an important, largely domestic debate. Although there is no consensus on what happened to poverty in India in the 1990s, there is good evidence both that poverty fell and that the official estimates of poverty reduction are too optimistic, particularly for rural India. The issues covered in this article, although concerned with the measurement of poverty in India, have wide international relevance discrepancies between surveys and national accounts, the effects of questionnaire design, reporting periods, survey nonresponse, repair of imperfect data, choice of poverty lines, and interplay between statistics and politics.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/17592041/data-dogma-great-indian-poverty-debate
dc.identifier.citationWorld Bank Research Observer
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/16403
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1093/wbro/lki009
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/16403
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Research Observer
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCOUNTING
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL LABORERS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL WAGES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL YIELDS
dc.subjectANNUAL GROWTH
dc.subjectAVERAGE INCOMES
dc.subjectCHANGES IN POVERTY
dc.subjectCONFLICT
dc.subjectCONSUMER DURABLES
dc.subjectCONSUMER EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectCONSUMER EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectCONSUMER PRICE INDEX
dc.subjectCONSUMER PRICES
dc.subjectCONSUMER SPENDING
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectCOUNTRY SPECIFIC
dc.subjectCREDIBILITY
dc.subjectDECLINE IN POVERTY
dc.subjectDEPOSITORS
dc.subjectDETERMINANTS OF POVERTY
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDROP IN POVERTY
dc.subjectDUMMY VARIABLES
dc.subjectDURABLE
dc.subjectDURABLE GOODS
dc.subjectDURABLES
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC REFORM
dc.subjectECONOMIC REFORMS
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL WORK
dc.subjectESTIMATES OF POVERTY
dc.subjectEXPLANATORY VARIABLES
dc.subjectEXTERNAL FACTORS
dc.subjectFEDERAL RESERVE
dc.subjectFEDERAL RESERVE BANK
dc.subjectFINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
dc.subjectFOOD ITEMS
dc.subjectGLOBAL MARKETS
dc.subjectGLOBAL POVERTY
dc.subjectGLOBALIZATION
dc.subjectGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectGROWTH RATES
dc.subjectHEADCOUNT POVERTY
dc.subjectHEADCOUNT RATIO
dc.subjectHIGH POVERTY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD BUDGET
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME DATA
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINCOME SHARE
dc.subjectINCOME TAX
dc.subjectINCREASING INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINFLATION
dc.subjectINFLATION RATE
dc.subjectINSTRUMENT
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectINSURANCE COMPANIES
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
dc.subjectLAND HOLDING
dc.subjectLENDERS
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARD
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectMARKET INFORMATION
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT OF POVERTY
dc.subjectMEASURING POVERTY
dc.subjectMILK
dc.subjectNATIONAL ACCOUNTS
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY
dc.subjectPER CAPITA EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectPOLICY ANALYSIS
dc.subjectPOLICY CHANGE
dc.subjectPOLICY CHANGES
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLITICAL INFLUENCE
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOOR COUNTRIES
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY ASSESSMENTS
dc.subjectPOVERTY DATA
dc.subjectPOVERTY DEBATE
dc.subjectPOVERTY DECLINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY ESTIMATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY INCIDENCE
dc.subjectPOVERTY LEVELS
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINES
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURE
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASUREMENT
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURES
dc.subjectPOVERTY MONITORING SYSTEM
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATE
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectRATE OF RETURN
dc.subjectREDUCED POVERTY
dc.subjectREDUCING POVERTY
dc.subjectREDUCTION IN POVERTY
dc.subjectREGIONAL PERSPECTIVE
dc.subjectRETURNS
dc.subjectRICH COUNTRIES
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL CONSUMER
dc.subjectRURAL HEADCOUNT
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectRURAL POOR
dc.subjectRURAL POOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectRURAL POPULATION
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY LINES
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectSTOCKS
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN POVERTY
dc.subjectVEGETABLES
dc.subjectVULNERABLE GROUPS
dc.subjectWAGE RATES
dc.titleData and Dogma : The Great Indian Poverty Debateen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.date.disclosure2013-04-17
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-06T10:57:18.383541Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/17592041/data-dogma-great-indian-poverty-debate
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeFinance and Markets
okr.guid145461468042844413
okr.identifier.doi10.1093/wbro/lki009
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum17592041
okr.identifier.report76750
okr.journal.nbpages177-199
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okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Debt Markets
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Regional Economic Development
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.unitDevelopment Data Group (DECDG)
okr.volume20(2)
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